A large group of volunteers from a Paisley boys brigade are set to be the last recipients of a prestigious award dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Twenty boys from a number of different companies at Paisley and District Battalion The Boys’ Brigade were involved in taking the final step to reach their goal – to become Queen’s Men.
This will be the last group to take part in The Queen’s Badge Completion Course as of next year they will become King's Men.
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To achieve the badge, participants have to dedicate numerous hours to volunteering within the local community, as well as picking up new skills.
The group of twenty have dedicated more than 1,000 hours of volunteering with local projects as well as over 600 hours to their own companies and churches.
They have worked with Homeless Veterans and Poppy Scotland where they were involved and assisted in raising over £10,000, as well as assisted with hospital radio, local hospices, children’s nurseries and a dementia care home.
Recently, the boys travelled to Carronvale House, which is the Boys’ Brigade’s Scottish National Training Centre in Larbert, Stirlingshire, for a residential training weekend as the final part of becoming the last Queen’s Men.
The young men have taken part in learning new skills like coaching sports, learning to play a musical instrument or taking part in an expedition.
During their residential weekend they were involved in a series of team-building tasks from sports to quizzes and model building called ‘Wacky Races’ through to Dragon’s Den – a sales pitching exercise.
A spokesman for Paisley and District Battalion The Boys’ Brigade said: "In these times of increased pressures from the media, exams, college, university, careers or part-time jobs and peer pressures these young men have shown outstanding examples of what young people are capable of.
"Many of these lads will go forward as young leaders of the future which are much needed in these ‘post-covid times."
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